Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2015
There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. For investors life is no different.
Genuine VC
JULY 10, 2012
Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). larger check writers have a greater tendency to lead rounds).
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View from Seed
JUNE 10, 2020
The need for this arrangement is partially for the synchronized culmination of the program towards a Demo Day (see next point) and the coordination of an operational machine designed to scale with more & more companies with each class. The NextView Accelerator Doesn’t Have a “Demo Day,” but Instead Helps Founders Fundraise When Ready. .
VC Adventure
MAY 21, 2014
A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly.
VC Adventure
MAY 21, 2014
A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.
Agile VC
JANUARY 12, 2012
But at NextView we try to be as deeply engaged in the entrepreneurial community in a variety of different ways (mentorship, accelerators, demo events , etc). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. As I’ve stated before, I’m a big believer in being deliberate and explicit in startup fundraising.
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